Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 November 1825 — Page 4

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tram the National Journal. AFRAGMKNll Sift at the mcmrry of buried hve, bove Pure an the prayer which childhood waft aWU .sAe- Brxos. He sate beside her, and he watchM The dvinp moments of one he loved He plac'd his trembling hand upon her forehead. Growing each moment colder & he press d Her p ale dry lips to his it was tne kiss, The farewell kiss rt separating menus. He wept unheard ; and down his qutv'ring cheeks White as the lingers of the hand of death, Seem'd but a picture of the lonely grave Her blighted eyes, once like her nathe sky, When Nature's pencil with its fav'rite hue Tints it, and makes it lovely to the sight, Look'd like the moon o'er which a wand'ring cloud Had swiftly pass'd and left a veil behind And her pale cheek, which vied in beauty

JLr ling'riiig heart juvt strong enough to beat t ey j my going to hear the news? The last weak stroke that lull'd it into rest, , , Was loucinctohc still-and her nab vis-ice, He Said, 110. and that as I was 10

T'e crimson rose, when health had nursM it, Oil an Indian. For if there WUS WitherM at the touch of the fell monster. any gcr,vt business going Oil. t he V Nolon,rercouldher tonirue.bv fevers parch d , r r C d! on a moto r's name, anil animate WOllld loloi UI me ot it III a friendThe dwelling of her youth No more could )y way, and then I mig i ictire c , s,he i wk;-u uuVIm I accordingly went into the house Sound those clear notes which ott inclulv;! - . . . Withmaav a sonp.th.it breath'd the I mguage VV 1 1 11 him, WllCU tile Qniets imiUC Of her tender heart No longer could she' di;ltelv RISC, and gave me a -eat aSvu'rp her fair hngers o'er the charming lvre ; . , To cheer the bosom and refme the soul IllOOg them ; all the Indians m

with With pleasure and with love The me? sen irer was near " W hen can stav the mightv arm oi l) rtth Can U.iv, with all his boasted stp-gth and ' tire? (;. Ko1 lie's like an Insect ne ith the ir'i Can ll'ixfom, with all its wanted firmness? No! 'lis like a Sfar that glitters and depart. C;ui iautu with its loveliest, gayest smiles ? Is'o! 'tix like a fowVm the whirlwind's wing. Can Cairhf? N! It is but l'anifi Whic.i trembles ?v decays whene'er 'tis near. ' He watcVd her still He saw her die. And went his hour- at last ins life iw washing; ton BAKU. MlSCEl.IXY. From the Xnttmutt Intelligencer. Cvtleifir , On m w.i to Voik town I. 'i-vtva .ia 1 ot the In te' iiieo r of the 27 tilt (at tne post ni.e) and in it, in a note, I obes v e i the following pai aii' aph 'V mv oa e known an Indian to tell a li isi eouncil' which is Gi) much at variance with anv thinu 1 hail ever seen t)r ob-eed am -st them, from the vear l?S." to ! ?hi ineln-ivf in ea h of whih yea s I spent from fpe to nine in.'ntn each vear in the woods fan eying of lands and in which time 1 wa"- fiecjnentl at t'neir tow ns cr had sme of them in the Wood-with rue. as friends, every year, and I never knew them to . 1 . . , " , inn : which induces me to send vou t he enclosed fact, at w hich 1 Was present JOHN ADLUM October 4. 1825. Ik oner told a lie-- was the emphatic liiniuae u-edto me b an Indian in the year 1791 wnen 1 Was attendimi to the snr eyine; f a Uvie body tflandN in w hat w as (be.- ea'led the Frenchereek conn - ti v and west oi the AUcirany riv. cr. vs. a some of my people were killed bv the western Indians. I found it necessary, while the survcviug was going on to visit the In nan towns, on the Allegany ri

v r. frequently ; they were inhah the cause of it. When he, with- GohUmith is unsullied ; lie wrote ited by the Seneeas. General out any hesitation, and with con- 1 to exalt virtue and expose vice; Yayne was then on his way with siderable emphasis, answered. and he accomplished his task in bis army to the Indian settlements k He once told a lie" and continu- a manner which raises him to the on the .Miami river of the lake. ed. what that man said - mat he highest rank among British auOtic day when I was at the Corn- .so true mat he .so not" we. al- thors plantei s town the news shoot (as ways listen to what a news man Ye close his volume with a it is called ) was heard ; all the In- has to say, even when we know sigh that the author should have diansin the village immediately him to be a liar. But whether wc w ritien so little from the stores of retired to their houses. ( and even believe him or not.it is not our his own genius, &, that be should their dogs went with them) when ' custom to let him know, or to say have been so prematurely removon old man went out to meet the any thing on the subject ; for if ed Irom the sphere of literature, person who brought the news, t we had asked him any questions , w hich he adorned.

to take him to the Long or Council house, where- a fnv was made, and rcfresi mrnts were carried to him. and time Riven for him to dress and paint himself, so as to appear decent. When sufficient time had elapsed for these operations to he performed, the chiefs went first to the house, and as the young men were following. lacked an Indian who spoke English, and to whom (as he professed to be a priest physician and conjurer) I gave the name of Doctor.

1 whrthfl mere lVn5 nnt' imnmnri.

ceived as a friend and visitor, all the houses were open to me, ahd if I did not go without any ceremony it would appear as if I doubted thei words and hopilali7. which was considered as he greatest ulVront that conk; b&Vfct t the house were smnuinii their pipes when 1 came in, ami tin5 stranger w as silting opposite the chiefs on a seat, or rather a platform, by himsell ; the time ap peared to me ver long, as I w aanxious to hear t lu new s .being much interested in the event, as the Indians had been deliberating whether or not they would permit me to continue surveying, or send me out oi the country, and what surprised me was, that no one. contrary to their usual custom, asked him for the ne. s. a id j w as at a loss to account for then conduct Eventually, the uNtn himself, alter ptetae.ing theVurliness with telling them, he nad no doubt as they knew he had been to toe Vest.the w ould be gi all tied m hearing the new s ; to which no one in the company appvuithd to assent to, or to ucgativ; Oj then gave, an account id an 'affair bet ween a convo ot Amencans. (win) weie cation icinhnce mcnts atul proiMonb to one of our frontier post?,,! and the Intiiatis. and that mey had ki.ieti lue eommand'o idliccr. ana a nuni e1 her ot our men ; and abet ne hail rclateil all he had to -ay no one asked bin) tor any pai ticinai s of ttte actum, or tor ai v coi i ohm at uiii cuenm-tances, tuci appear T : . ; 1 edlo me verv unaccountut)le, as I had formerly ohseiveth the weie pn ticu.ai p due iosh anger. sand visitors, and w eu vei cautious to hurt to do or sav an thing their frehi gs ; and 50011 alter the chiefs the other Indians began to leave the house I left the house with the Doe tor, and as soon a we had passed the door. I t-xpresscd my surprise to him at the manner they treated the man who brought the news, as it was so ditierent Irom an treatment I had before seen. whei visited by strangers and that I would thank him to inform me of

about the fight, it would have been a great gratification to him, 1

as he would have concluded some of the company did believe him, which is a thing we do not indulgeany person in who has once been guilty of telling a lie and he concluded by saying " he all one as dead." From Scott's tivrs of the Xovctists GO liDMITH .Whatever defects occur in the tenor of the storv, the admirable ease cS grace of the narrative, as well as the truth with which the principal characters are designed, make tfie Vicar of IVaki fuld one of the most delicious models of fictiti ous composition on which the hu man mind was ever employed. The principal churaeter." that of tiie simple p.istor himsell. with ah thewor?h and excellency whico ong-it to distinguish the amlussa dm of G d tv man. and vt, uiti jtit o nnii'h of pleasantry and ol literary vanity as serves to show that he is made of mortal mould, and subject to human railings, is one nf the best and nv-t pleading pictures ever di Hgned St i n per haps, impossible to place frail hu inanity befoe us in a attitude of more simple dignify than the Vi ear in his character of pastor, pa ivnt,and of husband His excel lent helpmate, with all her moth erly cunning S' housewifery, pru dence, h mg and respecting her husband, but. counterplotting his widest schemes at the dictates of maternal vault 4 I'm ms an excellent counterpart. I'oth, with their ehilbren around (hem, their quiet labor and domestic happi ness. compose a fire side picture of such a pei feet kind, as perhaps is no where else equalled It is sketched, indeed, Irom common life and is a strong contrast to the exaggerated and extiaordinary characters incidents w hich are I lie resource of those aut hors, who. like Hayes, make it their bu -iness to elevate and suppress hut the very simplicity of this enarming book, renders the plea ure it ail'ords more permanent. We read the Vicar ot Wakefield in youth and in age. We return to ;t again and again, and bless the memory ol an author who eonti w es so well to reconcile us to ho man nature Whethet we choose the pathetic cv distressing incidents of the fire, the scenes at Cue jail or the lighter and humorous pai ts of the tor . w e find tre best and truest sentiments en forced in the most beautiful Ian guage ; and perhaps lew charac lets of pmer dignity have been described than t! at f the excel lent pastor, rising above souow and oppression, and laboring to convert the felons, into whose company he had been thrust by his villannus creditor. In too many w orks of tins class, the eri tics must anolonize for or censure - particular passages in narrative, as unfit to be perused by youth or 1 V ' innocence But the wreath of

How had you hole There are some people in our woild. Mr,

Printer, w ho. imdei the cloak of a kind & sympathetic friendship, most dearly loc to wound the feelings of a fellow creature- If you are misfortunate. they soothe you with " poor fellow, how p. iv you how hard your case is vf Or detail to you a score of unpleasant things which are whisp. eted about yon, entertaining you by the hour, as an Indian enter, tains his prisoner at the stake, with torture after torture, (hat they mav enioy the satisfaction of seeing how on bear it ' If 0U appear 1 esigned to your fortune, they tell vou oui ease is too nru eviotis to be borne that you ought not to be insensible of it that to be so seems like stupidity, . or something worse and if not resigned they tell you op we;i!: ereatl.'ie you ouglll to i it v ir it ot (itude ' Y hi t ill met t thece kn d , pie in the sheet at a'mos hours. If y u have been ie;. first tiling 11t1 s((. h the m. s.-rewed up. the eve- lull of eru all , he nth he most a hnitablv ahected astonishment ami k G-od heavens, h-.w had you look.' on their toi.gnr then you must hearaear.- : e of every s mpt in ol diea-r it they will tell you is viii t .a your countenance. c before v a leave them believe ti.a? n;.n a ver fail candidate foi t"e grave, or that your kind b sends aie very notable story tellers. An old lady t!;c other evening who was.walking in the hee i .r exercise, w as accosted in mv hearing with k poor dear creatine how awful you look -ah ! you have that cough yet ; not long for this world I see ' hope you are prepared for a better " The w omaii might, or might not have been prepared ; but confound vom pj. ty, saiti I to mvseif. if thot's t!e way y.n mai iifsj it antj , ,he same lime I turned to look u the awful" object which hid e.u.d the soliloquv ; Iliad known i.er forttn years; she was ni e e j thin ; just as she was the first day I saw her. Sometime ago I went with one of these good folks to si e a person w ho was laboring under one of those diseases which most re-quir-a ilow of spirits to enable one to recover from. T--e first salutation the sick man receded was IVess nie how bad you look you a.e ten times worse than I bad any idea ot " I turned on my heel and left my companion to manage the conversation he had thus introduced bim-elk I suppose theic w ill not be one of all who read this that could not add an instant e r two to the above The subject is one m dis agreeable to me that I eannot dwell upon it It is the voyest cruelty thus to sport with she fee. j ,,nr?s ot l,u UI,h'i tuuate Am! if, rcatler" nn( m your neij'ibors 15 In tne nan,t of d-ing so. I beg of yon to end him this paper mark the niece, and neihaos the will consider how improper the i r con. duct is. and be induced to amend it. MrfropdliffUL Several bundled houses have been carried autiy. and several thousand pet sens diownded by the inundation of the river (lauges Another vein of rich iron ore has been discovered near Saranac, in the neighbourhood ol IMattsburgh BLA'K DEEDS for sale.